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Abnormal nephron morphology

MedGen UID:
868444
•Concept ID:
C4022838
•
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: Abnormality of the nephron
 
HPO: HP:0012575

Definition

A structural anomaly of the nephron. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAbnormal nephron morphology

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: no longer the same disease and may need very different treatment.
Noris M, Daina E, Remuzzi G
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2023 Feb 13;38(2):283-290. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfab281. PMID: 34596686
Mutations in KEOPS-complex genes cause nephrotic syndrome with primary microcephaly.
Braun DA, Rao J, Mollet G, Schapiro D, Daugeron MC, Tan W, Gribouval O, Boyer O, Revy P, Jobst-Schwan T, Schmidt JM, Lawson JA, Schanze D, Ashraf S, Ullmann JFP, Hoogstraten CA, Boddaert N, Collinet B, Martin G, Liger D, Lovric S, Furlano M, Guerrera IC, Sanchez-Ferras O, Hu JF, Boschat AC, Sanquer S, Menten B, Vergult S, De Rocker N, Airik M, Hermle T, Shril S, Widmeier E, Gee HY, Choi WI, Sadowski CE, Pabst WL, Warejko JK, Daga A, Basta T, Matejas V, Scharmann K, Kienast SD, Behnam B, Beeson B, Begtrup A, Bruce M, Ch'ng GS, Lin SP, Chang JH, Chen CH, Cho MT, Gaffney PM, Gipson PE, Hsu CH, Kari JA, Ke YY, Kiraly-Borri C, Lai WM, Lemyre E, Littlejohn RO, Masri A, Moghtaderi M, Nakamura K, Ozaltin F, Praet M, Prasad C, Prytula A, Roeder ER, Rump P, Schnur RE, Shiihara T, Sinha MD, Soliman NA, Soulami K, Sweetser DA, Tsai WH, Tsai JD, Topaloglu R, Vester U, Viskochil DH, Vatanavicharn N, Waxler JL, Wierenga KJ, Wolf MTF, Wong SN, Leidel SA, Truglio G, Dedon PC, Poduri A, Mane S, Lifton RP, Bouchard M, Kannu P, Chitayat D, Magen D, Callewaert B, van Tilbeurgh H, Zenker M, Antignac C, Hildebrandt F
Nat Genet 2017 Oct;49(10):1529-1538. Epub 2017 Aug 14 doi: 10.1038/ng.3933. PMID: 28805828Free PMC Article
Treatment of rickets and osteomalacia.
Parfitt AM, Frame B
Semin Drug Treat 1972 Summer;2(1):83-115. PMID: 4558760

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

IgA Nephropathy: Core Curriculum 2021.
Pattrapornpisut P, Avila-Casado C, Reich HN
Am J Kidney Dis 2021 Sep;78(3):429-441. Epub 2021 Jul 9 doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.01.024. PMID: 34247883
A review of clinical characteristics and genetic backgrounds in Alport syndrome.
Nozu K, Nakanishi K, Abe Y, Udagawa T, Okada S, Okamoto T, Kaito H, Kanemoto K, Kobayashi A, Tanaka E, Tanaka K, Hama T, Fujimaru R, Miwa S, Yamamura T, Yamamura N, Horinouchi T, Minamikawa S, Nagata M, Iijima K
Clin Exp Nephrol 2019 Feb;23(2):158-168. Epub 2018 Aug 20 doi: 10.1007/s10157-018-1629-4. PMID: 30128941Free PMC Article
Chronic kidney disease.
Romagnani P, Remuzzi G, Glassock R, Levin A, Jager KJ, Tonelli M, Massy Z, Wanner C, Anders HJ
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2017 Nov 23;3:17088. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2017.88. PMID: 29168475
Obesity-related glomerulopathy and the nephron complement.
Tsuboi N, Utsunomiya Y, Hosoya T
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2013 Nov;28 Suppl 4:iv108-13. Epub 2013 Jul 17 doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft258. PMID: 23868145
Oligonephropathy of prematurity.
Kandasamy Y, Smith R, Wright IM
Am J Perinatol 2012 Feb;29(2):115-20. Epub 2011 Nov 17 doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1295651. PMID: 22094915

Diagnosis

Chronic kidney disease.
Romagnani P, Remuzzi G, Glassock R, Levin A, Jager KJ, Tonelli M, Massy Z, Wanner C, Anders HJ
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2017 Nov 23;3:17088. doi: 10.1038/nrdp.2017.88. PMID: 29168475
Renal tubular dysgenesis.
Gubler MC
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Jan;29(1):51-9. Epub 2013 May 1 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2480-1. PMID: 23636579
Postinfectious glomerulonephritis.
Kambham N
Adv Anat Pathol 2012 Sep;19(5):338-47. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e31826663d9. PMID: 22885383
Genetics and CKD.
Vehaskari VM
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2011 Sep;18(5):317-23. doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2011.07.001. PMID: 21896372
Alport's syndrome, Goodpasture's syndrome, and type IV collagen.
Hudson BG, Tryggvason K, Sundaramoorthy M, Neilson EG
N Engl J Med 2003 Jun 19;348(25):2543-56. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra022296. PMID: 12815141

Therapy

IgA Nephropathy: Core Curriculum 2021.
Pattrapornpisut P, Avila-Casado C, Reich HN
Am J Kidney Dis 2021 Sep;78(3):429-441. Epub 2021 Jul 9 doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.01.024. PMID: 34247883
Microvascular injury and the kidney in hypertension.
Ruiz-Hurtado G, Ruilope LM
Hipertens Riesgo Vasc 2018 Jan-Mar;35(1):24-29. Epub 2017 Apr 18 doi: 10.1016/j.hipert.2017.03.002. PMID: 28431922
C3 glomerulopathy and current dilemmas.
Ito N, Ohashi R, Nagata M
Clin Exp Nephrol 2017 Aug;21(4):541-551. Epub 2016 Nov 23 doi: 10.1007/s10157-016-1358-5. PMID: 27878657Free PMC Article
Managing Complications Following Nephron-Sparing Procedures for Renal Masses.
Gonzalez-Aguirre AJ, Durack JC
Tech Vasc Interv Radiol 2016 Sep;19(3):194-202. Epub 2016 Jun 3 doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2016.06.004. PMID: 27641453
Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies.
Silvariño R, Noboa O, Cervera R
Isr Med Assoc J 2014 Nov;16(11):727-32. PMID: 25558706

Prognosis

Podocytopathies.
Kopp JB, Anders HJ, Susztak K, Podestà MA, Remuzzi G, Hildebrandt F, Romagnani P
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2020 Aug 13;6(1):68. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0196-7. PMID: 32792490Free PMC Article
A review of clinical characteristics and genetic backgrounds in Alport syndrome.
Nozu K, Nakanishi K, Abe Y, Udagawa T, Okada S, Okamoto T, Kaito H, Kanemoto K, Kobayashi A, Tanaka E, Tanaka K, Hama T, Fujimaru R, Miwa S, Yamamura T, Yamamura N, Horinouchi T, Minamikawa S, Nagata M, Iijima K
Clin Exp Nephrol 2019 Feb;23(2):158-168. Epub 2018 Aug 20 doi: 10.1007/s10157-018-1629-4. PMID: 30128941Free PMC Article
Nail-patella syndrome.
Witzgall R
Pflugers Arch 2017 Aug;469(7-8):927-936. Epub 2017 Jul 5 doi: 10.1007/s00424-017-2013-z. PMID: 28681095
Genetics and CKD.
Vehaskari VM
Adv Chronic Kidney Dis 2011 Sep;18(5):317-23. doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2011.07.001. PMID: 21896372
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
Torres VE, Harris PC, Pirson Y
Lancet 2007 Apr 14;369(9569):1287-1301. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60601-1. PMID: 17434405

Clinical prediction guides

The spatially resolved transcriptome signatures of glomeruli in chronic kidney disease.
Clair G, Soloyan H, Cravedi P, Angeletti A, Salem F, Al-Rabadi L, De Filippo RE, Da Sacco S, Lemley KV, Sedrakyan S, Perin L
JCI Insight 2024 Mar 22;9(6) doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.165515. PMID: 38516889Free PMC Article
C3 glomerulopathy and current dilemmas.
Ito N, Ohashi R, Nagata M
Clin Exp Nephrol 2017 Aug;21(4):541-551. Epub 2016 Nov 23 doi: 10.1007/s10157-016-1358-5. PMID: 27878657Free PMC Article
Managing Complications Following Nephron-Sparing Procedures for Renal Masses.
Gonzalez-Aguirre AJ, Durack JC
Tech Vasc Interv Radiol 2016 Sep;19(3):194-202. Epub 2016 Jun 3 doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2016.06.004. PMID: 27641453
Immunopathogenesis of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome with relapse.
Sahali D, Sendeyo K, Mangier M, Audard V, Zhang SY, Lang P, Ollero M, Pawlak A
Semin Immunopathol 2014 Jul;36(4):421-9. Epub 2014 Jan 9 doi: 10.1007/s00281-013-0415-3. PMID: 24402710Free PMC Article
Renal tubular dysgenesis.
Gubler MC
Pediatr Nephrol 2014 Jan;29(1):51-9. Epub 2013 May 1 doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2480-1. PMID: 23636579

Recent systematic reviews

Factors Predisposing to Hypertension in Subjects Formerly Born Preterm: Renal Impairment, Arterial Stiffness, Endothelial Dysfunction or Something Else?
Crisafulli A, Bassareo PP, Kelleher S, Calcaterra G, Mercuro G
Curr Hypertens Rev 2020;16(2):82-90. doi: 10.2174/1573402115666190627140523. PMID: 31244440Free PMC Article
Current evidence on the use of anti-RAAS agents in congenital or acquired solitary kidney.
Simeoni M, Armeni A, Summaria C, Cerantonio A, Fuiano G
Ren Fail 2017 Nov;39(1):660-670. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2017.1361840. PMID: 28805480Free PMC Article

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